Manually Update Android Devices To 4.4.1 Or 4.4.2 With Adb Sideload

Learn how to manually update android 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 on android devices with ADB sideload

Most people out there with Nexus 4, 5 and 10 are getting the OTA for android 4.4.1. This update will improve Nexus 5 camera and a couple of bug fixes in general.

But not strange enough there are people already claiming to receive OTA update for Android 4.4.2. This tutorial will cover Android 4.4.1 and Android 4.4.2. Choose whichever you want; however I believe that most people who hasn’t received the OTA already will probably get the Android 4.4.2 anyways.

If you cannot wait for the OTA like myself continue reading, as I will show how to manually update your android device to Android 4.4.2.

Changes

Android 4.4.1

Nexus 5 camera improvements

The main focus of Google’s Android 4.4.1 was to improve the camera on Nexus 5. Previous versions of Android 4.4 KitKat suffered from blur specially when snapping fast moving scenes, due to shutter lag and auto-focus delay.

Google’s stated that Android 4.4.1 improves the camera with faster focusing, faster white balancing, for true colours, the ability to pinch-zoom the view finder in HDR+ mode and less shutter lag.

What else?

Improvements on Nexus 5:

Low speaker volume bug affecting certain applications has been fixed

Haptic feedback has been tweaked

Default email client bug has been fixed (It wasn't syncing correctly)

Status bar bug has been fixed (Stopping the transparency from turning opaque)

Overall performance improvements (in benchmarks)

Changes affecting all devices updated to Android 4.4.1:

Default photo application has been changed to the 'Gallery' app

Immersive mode no longer breaks when adjusting volume

Settings icon in 'Quick Tiles' has been changed

New softer keyboard sounds

Android 4.4.2 update known changes until now:

Fix for clearing the VM Indicator

Fix for delivery of the VM Indicator

Various additional software fixes

Security enhancements

How to manually update your Android device with ADB sideload

Note: If you are upgrading from Android 4.4 to 4.4.2, you need to first upgrade to 4.4.1 and then from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2.